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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2000
Junru Wu, S. Burlington, VT (US);
Eric M. Weissman, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Elmer D. Dickens, Jr., Richfield, OH (US);
The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting wear debris particulate from a medical implant within the body of a living animal is provided. The system includes an acoustic transmitter for transmitting acoustic energy from outside the body to a soft tissue region proximate the medical implant containing wear debris particles; an acoustic receiver located outside the body to detect resultant acoustic energy generated by the wear debris particles and produce a received signal indicative thereof; a processor for processing the received signal to evaluate at least one parameter associated with the wear debris particles; and an output for indicating the at least one parameter.